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Spanglish

A mix of the two languages Spanish and English

Often used in the Latino community, or used by white kids trying too look cool and exotic.
Sometimes this will be the end result of a half-assed public school spanish education.

One small detail I noticed with Spanglish is that speakers use cognates a lot.
Look I can speak Spanglish,

Hola, mi amigo, do you want to go to the restaurante to get tacos and burritos?

I need to go pee mucho rapido.

I just finished Spanish 1, now im taking Spanish 2.Watch me pick up some Latina girls. "Hola, chicas you are looking very muy caliente."
by Folder456 May 7, 2019
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spanglish

combination of english and spanish words, spoken with the non-english accent and often contains words that are of neither language, or words with elements of both languages. may be spoken by someone who doesnt speak spanish and/or english well, or someone who speaks both very well. often used intelligently by switching languages for emphasis. also spoken by "latinos" in the united states who share parts of U.S. culture and culture from a latin american country, and prefer speaking both languages instead of one or the other (also can interchange languages at will).
parquear (par-ke-ar:, in english "to park" a vehicle, in spanish "estacionar") is an example of a spanglish word.
by francisco villa September 4, 2006
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singlish

Singapore's very own version of english. A much curt and impatient form of english for those that reside in this rat-raced cosmo city.
Example of a singlish term:"Don't talk cock lah you"
Talk Cock means to spew nonsense from one's mouth or to utter ridiculous contentions.
by Anonymous August 3, 2003
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Simglish

I was listening to the song We Are Young in simglish!
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Shitglish

Another word for Engrish, Shitglish is simply very bad or shit English (hence the name, Shitglish.) It is usually the result of a non-English speaker trying to communicate with an English speaker by using a translator to translate their language into English sometimes resulting in grammar that is so bad an English person can't make heads or tails of what the non-English speaker is trying to say.
Non-English Speaker: Did you made mission?
English Speaker: Wtf are you saying?
Non-English Speaker: Did already you made the mission?
English Speaker: No
Non-English Speaker: You did already not make the mission :(
English Speaker: Can I talk to someone who I can understand, I don't understand you
Non-English Speaker: But I speak the English
English Speaker: No you're speaking in Shitglish
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singlish

Singapore's English. A mixture of English with our local dialects.
skius: tellin' someone to give way. Short form of 'Excuse me'
by iamyourmother June 9, 2003
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Singlish

Singaporean-accented English.
Basically, English used by a tiny Asian nation nobody knows until it sounds so Asian you don't understand it; even though the people there are much much smarter than you.

Derived from British, Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, Indian, and Arabic words amongst others.

Similar to Manglish in Malaysia.
- "lah" the most famous and common example. Randomly added before commas and periods for no apparent reason.
"ken you help me wit fix car, lah?"
"yah lah/no lah!"
"you wan go die lah?"
"why ken not get A prus prus in skool no lah?!"

- "leh" an informal way of saying 'please' or complaining
"gimme soy sauce leh"
"las night, I driving on PIE and dis lorry driver near crash me leh!"
"wai you say 6÷2(1+2) = 1 mah?? you so stupid leh"

- "lor" - from Cantonese, used to emphasize a point
"you not study, then you go die lor!!!"
" how come I ask you call me wai you not call me leh?!"

- "meh" used like a question mark
"really meh? you got fired from job?"

- "sia/siao" - used in expressing disapproval, siao = more crude, 'crazy'
"dat lady look at me so crazy sia"
"waah! you get new toyota sia!"
"siao lah! you go and die you kena sai!"

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- "izzit" from 'is it', but slurred
"dis disc, play well izzit?"

- "got" used as a questionable demand
"I ask you to get me the stuff; got or not lah?"
"why you got chewing gum! chewing gum ban in singapore!"
"50% off!? WHERE GOT!!?"?

-"can" asking whether one is able to do something
"yah, I fix by tomorrow, can, can!"

- "-ed" allows any word to be made into a verb in Singlish
"the cat dieded when hit by car"
" wah, las night he try kis da girl, I saw him get smacked-ed!" (pronounced smackd-id)
"he orredy writed da check! go bank cash now!"
by Shigeru Miyam0t0 June 24, 2011
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